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https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/w...s-mount-pa-farms-crushed-record-diesel-prices

and you thought it was annoying that gas is so high for you.

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Pennsylvania farmers are being "crushed" by the record cost of diesel - so much so, that questions about a food crisis are starting to loom, the Morning Call reported. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]One farmer in Lehigh County is quoted as saying: “I’ve got a tractor hooked up to my corn planter out here, no diesel fuel, and I can’t afford to get any.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]That farmer was airing his gripes to Kyle Kotzmoyer, a legislative affairs specialist for the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau. Kotzmoyer then turned around and testified to state lawmakers: “We have reached that point to where it is very close to being a sinking ship. We are teetering on the edge right now.”
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[FONT=&quot]The situation looks as though it will continue to push food prices higher, after the government reported that food prices in May were 10.1% higher than last year. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Kotzmoyer lamented the possibility of a food shortage: “One, if they can’t afford to put it in the ground. Or, two, if they can’t afford to take it out.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The PA average for diesel is now $6.19 per gallon, up about 75% from a year ago, the report notes. It is a “huge, huge expense” for farmers, Kotzmoyer told state legislators.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]One farmer who works on about 3,500 acres burns through about 2,000 gallons of diesel per month, he said. “If the farmers cannot get crops out of the ground, then there is not food on the shelves.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Pennsylvania farmers are being "crushed" by the record cost of diesel - so much so, that questions about a food crisis are starting to loom, the Morning Call reported. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]One farmer in Lehigh County is quoted as saying: “I’ve got a tractor hooked up to my corn planter out here, no diesel fuel, and I can’t afford to get any.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]That farmer was airing his gripes to Kyle Kotzmoyer, a legislative affairs specialist for the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau. Kotzmoyer then turned around and testified to state lawmakers: “We have reached that point to where it is very close to being a sinking ship. We are teetering on the edge right now.”[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]The situation looks as though it will continue to push food prices higher, after the government reported that food prices in May were 10.1% higher than last year. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Kotzmoyer lamented the possibility of a food shortage: “One, if they can’t afford to put it in the ground. Or, two, if they can’t afford to take it out.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The PA average for diesel is now $6.19 per gallon, up about 75% from a year ago, the report notes. It is a “huge, huge expense” for farmers, Kotzmoyer told state legislators.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]One farmer who works on about 3,500 acres burns through about 2,000 gallons of diesel per month, he said. “If the farmers cannot get crops out of the ground, then there is not food on the shelves.”[/FONT]
 
Celticguy said:
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/w...s-mount-pa-farms-crushed-record-diesel-prices

and you thought it was annoying that gas is so high for you.


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The situation looks as though it will continue to push food prices higher, after the government reported that food prices in May were 10.1% higher than last year.
Kotzmoyer lamented the possibility of a food shortage: “One, if they can’t afford to put it in the ground. Or, two, if they can’t afford to take it out.”
The PA average for diesel is now $6.19 per gallon, up about 75% from a year ago, the report notes. It is a “huge, huge expense” for farmers, Kotzmoyer told state legislators.
One farmer who works on about 3,500 acres burns through about 2,000 gallons of diesel per month, he said. “If the farmers cannot get crops out of the ground, then there is not food on the shelves.”
Pennsylvania farmers are being "crushed" by the record cost of diesel - so much so, that questions about a food crisis are starting to loom, the Morning Call reported.
One farmer in Lehigh County is quoted as saying: “I’ve got a tractor hooked up to my corn planter out here, no diesel fuel, and I can’t afford to get any.”
That farmer was airing his gripes to Kyle Kotzmoyer, a legislative affairs specialist for the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau. Kotzmoyer then turned around and testified to state lawmakers: “We have reached that point to where it is very close to being a sinking ship. We are teetering on the edge right now.”
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The situation looks as though it will continue to push food prices higher, after the government reported that food prices in May were 10.1% higher than last year.
Kotzmoyer lamented the possibility of a food shortage: “One, if they can’t afford to put it in the ground. Or, two, if they can’t afford to take it out.”
The PA average for diesel is now $6.19 per gallon, up about 75% from a year ago, the report notes. It is a “huge, huge expense” for farmers, Kotzmoyer told state legislators.
One farmer who works on about 3,500 acres burns through about 2,000 gallons of diesel per month, he said. “If the farmers cannot get crops out of the ground, then there is not food on the shelves.”
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Biden and Congress can give them aid, just as Trump did for sanctions.
 
ExpressLane said:
They need to give farmers fuel subsidies NOW.
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well I would agree that our food producers could use that billion $ worth of arms he just sent to UKR a damn site more than they need it.

but we are broke because he pissed away trillions as soon as he took office.

and, as we know, Congress is slow to do anything and the farmer in the article needs fuel quite literally this instant. timing is important in farming.

and Congress is busy with this witch hunt that wont result in charges files.

guess we all will be going on a diet this year.
 
Celticguy said:
well I would agree that our food producers could use that billion $ worth of arms he just sent to UKR a damn site more than they need it.

but we are broke because he pissed away trillions as soon as he took office.

and, as we know, Congress is slow to do anything and the farmer in the article needs fuel quite literally this instant. timing is important in farming.

and Congress is busy with this witch hunt that wont result in charges files.

guess we all will be going on a diet this year.
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Ukraine has replaced Afghanistan and it’s money better spent.
 
Celticguy said:
well I would agree that our food producers could use that billion $ worth of arms he just sent to UKR a damn site more than they need it.

but we are broke because he pissed away trillions as soon as he took office.

and, as we know, Congress is slow to do anything and the farmer in the article needs fuel quite literally this instant. timing is important in farming.

and Congress is busy with this witch hunt that wont result in charges files.

guess we all will be going on a diet this year.
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Congress is CULPABLE. Biden is a moronic spendthrift, but Congress -including many Republicans-
voted for "infrastructure" ( which was really mostly green shit)
 
Celticguy said:
yes they are. whoever voted for that should be shot.
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So, you would have a decrepit infrastructure? Mayors were begging for funds for electrical grids, bridges etc. It was way past time. Trump talked a lot about infrastructure but failed to ever pass a bill. Biden got it done.
 
Phantasmal said:
So, you would have a decrepit infrastructure? Mayors were begging for funds for electrical grids, bridges etc. It was way past time. Trump talked a lot about infrastructure but failed to ever pass a bill. Biden got it done.
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they've been getting billions for this for decades, where did that go ?

Virginia asked itself that question about 10 years ago and discovered that it has billions sitting around in a slew of different project budgets. So they worked out just how much they had, inventoried and prioritized what to do and when. And loads of bridges etc have gotten needed work done on then (you might have noticed this work if you were on I-95 over the last 10 years or so).

I suggest you ask your state to do the same. worst case is they really did piss it all away on socia programs as New Orleans did with all its money for water control. but you too might just get a nice surprise.
 
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